Classic Poem

Come sing the Great Jehovah's praise,
Whose mercies have prolong'd our days;
Sing with a joyful voice.
With bending knees, and raised eyes
Adore your God; O sacrifice;
In sacred hymns rejoice.

Great is the God of our defence,
Transcending all in eminence,
His Hand the earth sustains;
The depths, the lofty mountains made,
The land and liquid plains display'd,
And curbs them with His reins.

O come, before His footstool fall,
Our only God, Who form'd us all,
Through storms of danger led.
He is our Shepherd, we His sheep;
His Hands from wolves and rapine keep,
In pleasant pastures fed.

The Voice of God thus spake this day:
Repine not as at Meribah,
As in the wilderness;
Where your forefathers tempted Me,
Who did My works of wonder see,
And to their shame confess.

When vex'd for forty years, I said,
This people in their hearts have stray'd,
Rebellious to command;
To whom I in My anger swore,
That death should seize on them before
They knew this pleasant land.